Abstract: A broom handle includes a fastener for a broom bristle block, wherein a rod handle is attached to the broom bristle block by a bent fastener brace which includes a first mid plate and a wide central arcuate second portion attached to the handle, as well as a bent pleat member. The plane of the fastener is folded about itself at an angle for insertion of the broom therein on one side. On an opposite side the fastener is attached to the top of the bristle block. The fastener has a wide reverse pleat member formed from a reverse pleat folded in a reverse direction and extending downward vertically at right angles to the middle plate portion, to transfer forward pushing force away from a downward direction and to a horizontally aligned direction parallel to the movement of the broom.